Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-09-29

NJ. + rec. Of Kentucky, to be receiver of
public moneys at Lew ston, Idaho" MIR, A.
}. shaw, his predecessor cent in his resi!-un.
ton several month. ago, and asked to he
relieved but the president up 70 now has
ciinei to relieve nnd III his place. shaw
has made a good officer We regret to have
h i'm vacete the Office.
p. NJ Davis who has Just returned from
business TIP tn the northern part of the
county. reports that juhn Rainfall Of Thorn
creek. threshed his wheat from l06 acres
and obtalutd 1000 bushels, or 4. bushels
PER acre. lie also said that he was at Pull.
man and there learned that Brsn' Bros
threshet from Gei IT sixty acres, $3.50
bushels, n 595 bushels per acre, and that
most OF the wheat in the Paouse country
as far as threshed, has yielded from forty
to sixty bushels t, the acre.
From G. Hattabsugh, who has Just re
turned from BOISE City, We learn that Frank
Mcdonald, turnkey at the penteutlary, is
the inventor OF hand cuf, great i'm
rovemert auy III use. The instrument
was put Ca tho worst case in the pen, aud
he was given two hours ana a half with
the use OF the key to remove it, but with
no success T. I L"max, deputy warden,
Is in with the scheme, and the boys have al.
ready applied for a patent The new IN
vention promises them fortune.
Mrs Sinonds from the Asotin eouutri
brought to us on tuesday two eggs from a
Plymouth Rock in The tir,t weighed
four and one half ounces. me ,suring in cir
cumterence lensthw,>e, 81 inches. aud cross
wise Is inches. | he secoud ighed four
ounces measuring in circumference length
wise, st inches, aud crnsswlse 81 inches
These eggs are ugle ynlks and the same
hen has produced four eg.s of like slzs AMI
weight, and is now iii good heal h, condlt on
t" prouuce many othe's OF equal cal ore
News re ,ches here that surveyors Of tn.
Manitoba railroad company are Surveying
in the vicinity of the head waters oi
Clearwater AMI that some of the party
were at Mt Idaho last week for supplies
| They expressed themselves as being sur
prised at the n +. building where it did
when S, low a pass was III the Bitter Root
mountains. We are told that the whole
party came through the Beall pass, and
! we infer that this fact caused their great
surprise that the Northern Pacific should
have chosen the Pen dOreille Instead OF
the Clearwater route,
New DISCovERA Opposite AsoTIN CITY.
L. Pearcy reports to us that man
named Flock residing in Aso,n City, has
been prospecting the bar along Snake river
opposite Asotin City, and a ,rt distar,
hack from water he sank two holes ahcu
three feet deep al d struck pay seam tina,
washed about fifteen c. nts, in fine gold, Il
the pan. He extended these to the dept
of one, five feet and The other eight feet
and that gold was found all through tn,
gravel in paying quantities. He Ia,
located twenty acres of ground as a min
ing claim and proposes to work it fol
gold.
DIED SUDDENLY AT PORTLAND On Mon
day forenoon II telegram reached this plac,
that Miss Cora Belknap, sister of Mrs
!. H Forney, of Mt Idaho had suddenl,
died in Portland ON Sunday night Of CON
geston of the bowels. 1t will be remem-
hered that during the fool IN the sprin!
she remained several days at the Raymond
House in this city while en- route to Mt
Idaho, ana formed the acquaintance of sew
eral in this city, who all speak well of her
= bout month ago she and MIR. and Mrs
Forney left and went to Portland, Mis-
Cora aud Mrs. Fnrney remaining in Port
land while Mr. Forney went t. Denver a
a delegate to the 10 o. F Grand Lodge q
Colo ado. The telegram containing the sa'
news was sent to another sister, Miss Rosa
who was at Mt. Ilaho and forwarded to her
ON Monday afternoon.
E. L. Olleman, of indianapolis, who cam
ont here short time ago with band of 5
head of Hereford cattle. sold them all out t
good price tuok about two weeks hun
on Craig y mountain with friends from :hi
city; bought about twenty -four head {
horses, enough for car load, and starte
back with them for Indiana gu Moud
morning. He drove them to P"mer,y All
then took them by car. Mr.. Olleman is
genial good fellow and made several az
/ quaintances while here. all Of whom spea
well of him. He told us that he Though
he should arrange his business so that h
5 coud return again in the spring and engap
r in the cattle business. bringing his famil,
q consisting If wife and one child. with hin
S He seems mu'h pleased with the countr
s and thinks it is good country for youn
r man with little means to make money raj
e idly in raising blooded cattle. We hope
will come and be successful.